Homelessness
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L.A. Citywide Shared Housing Program Aims to End Homelessness for Thousands
L.A. is looking to scale up the successful SHARE! housing model that places unhoused people in private homes - with supportive services, roommates, and other supportive connections
December 12, 2019
Homelessness Coverage that Punches Down: Could We Just Not?
A reader looked forward to me writing a story uplifting the viewpoint that respecting the rights of a "homeless dude" harmed the "greater good." I did not write that story, but many others have.
November 25, 2019
Bridge Housing at Lafayette Park to Open Early 2020
L.A. Council District 10 will have two bridge housing projects open soon - 70 homes at Lafayette Park, and 15 single mother homes at 1819 S. Western
November 15, 2019
City Council Unanimously Approves HHH Funding, Including Chatsworth Supportive Housing
Councilmember John Lee had pushed to postpone a Chatsworth housing project, but voted in favor today
October 16, 2019
Governor Signs Several Bills, Complete Streets Not Among Them
If Newsom vetoes the Complete Streets Bill, he will need to explain why. Many bills are waiting, and many have been signed into law.
October 4, 2019
Proposed Subsidized Housing Project Corazon del Valle Grows in Panorama City
While other parts of the county are arguing that supportive housing is great, but should really be built somewhere else, Panorama City residents and businesses are pushing for more supportive units than there are people experiencing homelessness in their community.
September 25, 2019
Marv’s Place in Pasadena Is the Last Stop for the (Now) Formerly Homeless
Pasadena's Marv's Place provides permanent subsidized homes for 20 formerly homeless families - 62 people including 36 children
September 9, 2019
Solving NIMBY in a Suburban Glendale Neighborhood
Glendale's Ascencia Builds Community Support for Homeless Housing
August 30, 2019
Minneapolis Transit Agency Cuts Service to Get Homeless Off Trains
Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.
August 20, 2019
Nearly a Year after Opening, DTLA El Puente Bridge Housing Helps Those it Can
El Puente has been a success in temporarily housing people. It has been difficult to expanding bridge housing, and to move residents along to more permanent homes.
July 24, 2019
